Year-End Lists

A curated, browsable index
of notable year-end lists.

Movies TV Shows Music Books Poetry Podcasts

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Wesley Morris: Grantland: Top 30 Movies of 2014
Michael Sicinski: Top 12 Films of 2014
Karina Longworth: 16 Favorite Movies of 2014
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Lists

Best Albums of 2025
The 30 Best Albums of 2024
The 23 Best Albums of 2023
The 22 Best Albums of 2022
Top 10 Books of 2021 · Michael Silverblatt
Top 10 Albums of 2020
Best Books of 2019 · Michael Silverblatt
Best Albums of 2018
Top 10 Albums of 2012 · Jason Bentley
Top 10 Albums of 2011 · Jason Bentley

Trending Lists

20 Best Films of 2014 Film Comment · Film Comment Poll
Best Films of 2014 Reverse Shot
Top 20 Films of 2014 In Review Online
25 Best Films of 2014 Slant
Top 50 Films of 2014 IndieWire · IndieWire Poll
The Best Films of 2014 Ignatiy Vishnevetsky · A.V. Club
Nonfiction 2026 National Book Award
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Top 12 Films of 2014 Michael Sicinski
Top 15 Films of 2014 Noel Murray · The Dissolve
Top 15 Films of 2014 Scott Tobias · The Dissolve
Top 10 Movies of 2014 Jake Coyle · AP
16 Favorite Movies of 2014 Karina Longworth
Top 30 Movies of 2014 Wesley Morris · Grantland

Trending Works

Stranger by the Lake Alain Guiraudie
2 Mac DeMarco
Orpheus vs. The Sirens Hermit and the Recluse
Dream Wife Dream Wife
Mare’s Nest Ben Rivers
What My Mother and I Don't Talk About Michele Filgate (editor)
When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? Billie Eilish
Nostalgia, Ultra Frank Ocean
Dream On Ital
Caught by the Tides Jia Zhang-ke
Jane the Virgin
A Beautiful Time Willie Nelson
The Fraud Zadie Smith
Sometimes, Forever Soccer Mommy

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